When i check the October 2011 applications, only 18% of the applications left without sponsorship approval within 3 months. Others got within Jan 2012 (even with those long holidays).
In the case of Jan 2012 applicants, only 15% of them left without response after 3 moths (by end of April...
When I checked the language courses for immigrations, they said, if you have PR you can enroll, once you get ur citizen, no longer eligible to access that facility. Hope you can learn French within first three years :)